The Long Hello Recipe

The Long Hello Recipe

  • 1 3/4 cups Calvados or other apple brandy
  • 1 cup St-Germain (elderflower liqueur)
  • 10 dashes bitters, preferably Fee Brothers Whiskey Barrel Aged Bitters or Angostura
  • 1 750-milliliter bottle Champagne, chilled
  • Freshly grated nutmeg
  • Special equipment: One 12-cup Bundt or tube pan; 1 punch bowl
  1. Make and freeze ring mold with pears and apples. DO AHEAD: Ring mold can be made 1 week ahead. Cover and keep frozen.
  2. Stir Calvados, St-Germain, bitters, and 1 cup water in a punch bowl. Add ice ring, then Champagne. Ladle punch into glasses and grate nutmeg over.
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